Key: E
Introduction:
Em F
Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief --
G
if he had a rich man in his hand.
Em F
And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
G
if he could take it from the money man.
Cross-eyed Mary, goes jumping in again.
C D B
and the jack-knife barber drops her off at school.
G
would rather make it with a letching grey.
Em F
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung,
G
who watches through the railings as they play.
Cross-eyed Mary, finds it hard to get along.
C D B
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate -- helps the poor man get along.
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would rather make it with a letching grey.
C D B
and the jack-knife barber drops her off at school.
Em
Cross-eyed Mary
Bb C D Em
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